it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message. . hello. thank you for joining us. i'm jc hayward. we're beginning our newscast with new information on the gunman in the deadly wisconsin temple rampage. six people were killed before the shooter, an army veteran, 40-year-old wade michael page. he was taken down by police in

the milwaukee suburb of oak creek. susan mcginnis now has the latest information. >> reporter: police are still on scene collecting evidence at the sikh temple where law enforcement sources say an army veteran shot and killed six people. he's identified as 40-year-old wade michael page. sources tell cbs news he was less than honorably discharged in 1998, and that he used a 9 millimeter semi automatic pistol. >> this was the only shooter and that there's nothing more to worry about as far as this situation goes. >> reporter: the f.b.i. searched page's house in nearby cut ai hey for a motive. investigators are looking into whether it was a hate crime, based on evidence including tattoos on page's body. >> we're not a violent community. we leave our doors open for any religion, any creed. >> reporter: witnesses say the shooting happened around 10:30 sunday morning at the sikh temple of wisconsin here in oak

creek as worshipers started arriving for services. police say when officers arrived on scene, the suspect ambushed a 21-year veteran outside and shot him nine times. the gunman allegedly exchanged fire with a second officer who shot him dead. >> officers down. officers down. >> we have one officer shot. >> reporter: family members say the president of the church was killed trying to fight the suspect. >> the f.b.i. multiple times shook my hand and hugged me and said, you know, your father did a tremendous thing. he tried to stop the guy with a knife. >> reporter: two other worshipers and the injured officer are in the hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. susan mcbegin nice, cbs news -- mcginnis, cbs news, oak creek, wisconsin. sikh members here in our area are not surprised. they tell us sikhs have been under scrutiny since the 9/11 attacks. >> people don't have the the understanding of the richness

of our faith and how we have been part and parcel of america for the last 100 years. >> a prayer service was held yesterday at the sikh spiritual center in rockville with prayers said for the victims of yesterday's shooting. a guilty plea is expected in another mass shooting that had shocked the nation. jared lee loughner is the accused gunman in the 2011 shootings in tucson, arizona. six people died in that shooting and 12 others were injured, including former congresswoman gabriel giffords. cbs news reports that loughner will plead guilty tomorrow and in exchange, he is expected to receive a sentence of life in prison and he will avoid the death penalty. d.c. police are offering a reward for compliews in a murder in the pet worth -- clues in a murder in the petworth area. a man was found at georgia avenue and park road northwest. he had been shot.

emergency workers were unable to revive the manual. district police -- man. district police are offering $25,000 in an award for information leading to an arrest. it was a trying time for some commuters trying to use metro's red line in the district. the dupont circle station was closed this morning and once again the problem was escalators. all intrabs escalator -- entrance escalators were out of service because of a mechanical problem. metro provided bus service around the metro circle station. at least two of the escalators are now working again and that station has been reopened. police are trying to determine what caused the driver of an suv to slam into a house in virginia this morning. the vehicle rammed the front porch of the home in oakton, virginia. the accident happened in the 10,400 block of miller road. the driver of the suv was taken to a nearby hospital. police are still

investigating a fatal accident that occurred in prince george's county. it happened this morning in the 9400 block of midland turn in upper marlboro. that's near the marlton golf course. the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed. he was trapped. rescue crews were unable to save him. it's been more than a decade in the making. and now a major milestone in the wilson bridge project that is sure to give commuters a reason to celebrate. delia goncalves has details. >> it's a good day. it's a good day. i'm glad to see it. >> reporter: commuters rejoice. five lanes are now open on the beltway at telegraph road. >> you make the world a little bit better place. >> reporter: chris has been working the wilson bridge project shortly after it began in 2001. >> every little thing we've done along the way makes it a little bit better. i know the traveling public has been frustrated. we have frustrations, too, with the traffic.

but they've been very patient i think, most people have. >> reporter: drivers dealing with three lanes of traffic since early 2000 now have five total lanes from the wilson bridge to springfield. three in the local, to in the thru lanes in hopes to ease traffic for the 160,000 estimated cars that travel this stretch daily. especially now with much needed breakdown lanes. >> one car had to pull over to the shoulder a few minutes ago. ordinarily that would have caused a big problem. it was almost uneventful. >> reporter: we're close but not quite there yet. the next phase of this project transitions over to telegraph road and that part of construction has already proven to be quite the challenge. >> the last piece we've got to do is complete the bridge for telegraph road going over the railroad tracks. working over the railroads is always a challenge. your schedules are pretty much dictated by the railroads. >> reporter: so the final leg of the project is estimated to be complete in 2013. but, heck, we've been waiting

for more than a decade. what's another year. delia goncalves, 9news now. >> the new wilson bridge project spans eight miles with a price tag of $2.5 billion. still to come when 9news now continues, the highest ranking official has defected from syria. we'll have details in just a moment. >> a new robotic explorer make as dramatic landing on mars. i'm teresa garcia in pasadena, california with an exciting new glimpse of the red planet.

firefighterses were called in to battle a fire in california this morning. it erupted in a warehouse in sacramento. the flames could be seen for miles away as they tore through the roof of the building. there is no word yet on what started the fire. it appears that the highest ranking official has defected from the syrian government. the former prime minister tells al jazeera television that he has joined the opposition and he is now in jordan. the announcement prompted syria to say the prime minister had been fired and already replaced. president barack obama is congratulating nasa on its successful mission to mars. upon learning that the curiosity rover had made it to the red planet, the president called it an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of national pride far into the future. teresa garcia has more from nasa headquarters in pasadena,

california. >> reporter: the rover scoruousty started -- curiosity started beaming back postcards shortly after it landed on mars. one of the first images show the rover's own shadow against the soil of mars. >> touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. >> reporter: engineers cheered in mission control after curiosity touched down. it was a 352 million mile hole in one. that's the distance the rover tramped since it was launch -- traveled since it was launched in november. >> all the data we've gotten coming back from the surface of mars indicates that it came in just like we predicted it at the speeds, the velocities that we anticipated. it was a picture perfect landing. >> reporter: curiosity's eight- month voyage to mars came down to what nasa called seven minutes of terror. it was soaring at 13,000 miles per hour before a super sonic parachute slowed it down. then a rocket-propelled landing

platform lowered the rover on to the surface of mars. over the next few weeks nasa will give curiosity a series of long distance checkups to make sure all of its systems are working. then it will begin its two-year mission collecting and testing martian rocks and soil. it will be several days before the rover's mass camera will begin to send high resolution color images from mars. teresa garcia, cbs news, pasadena, california. coming up on 9news now at noon, howard has the forecast. >> jc, a very sticky day so far. we had lows in the upper 70s. humidity levels are high. that may lead to a couple of showers or storms for the afternoon. we'll talk more about that coming up. right now we go to break with a look at the allergy update. with some of the rain yesterday, the mold spores are quite happy. they are high. trees, grasses and weeds are low. i'll be back with a look at the seven-day forecast and we'll talk about ernesto when 9news now returns.

street sense gives the district's homeless a way to earn money. the nonprofit organization trains homeless men and women as newspaper vendors. so today on hero central, i'm saluting street sense. >> homelessness doesn't discriminate. it doesn't matter if you're

rich or pour. >> nine years ago james davis was homeless and depressed after a job loss and divorce. while staying in a homeless shelter, he was approached by founders of street sense, and they suggested that he should sell a newspaper. >> it's more people buying for the support of the vendor, the personnelling the paper-- >> person selling the paper. >> street sense sells the newspaper to vendors for 35 cents each. the vendors charge readers $1 and they keep 65 cents. >> i did pretty good. i averaged about maybe selling about a thousand papers a month. >> readers of the newspaper find stories on the homeless, area politics and even poetry. >> you become part of the community once you go out there and sell a paper. once you good known -- once you become known to the people you sell the paper, you're a customer base. they get to know your name. you get to know their name. >> a ritz camera manager remembered davis so when an

employee quit, the manager offered davis the job. >> in some respect wes see this as an alternative to pan handling. >> reporter: the director brian says selling newspapers gives the homeless a way to reconnect with the community, have a routine and move on with their lives. >> they get an opportunity to sell valuable product, a product peach appreciate and people are -- people appreciate and people are willing to pay for. >> reporter: nine years ago davis met the executive director of street sense. now he trains others on how to become a success story. >> when you see that vendor out there trying to make a living, trying to get back on his feet from a situation that caused him to become homeless, just remember, you know, that it could happen to you. so just give from the heart. >> by the way, today davis works for a contractor, and he is an advocate for the homeless. street sense is a 16-page biweekly newspaper. if you would like more

information about street sense, just go to my website jchayward.com. howard, let's get the forecast. sticky out thrcht a front went through -- out there. a front went through. sort of went through. the boundary is to the south but the humidity levels have not dropped in most areas. >> i know. sticky, humid. >> a comfortable morning out there. sticky afternoon. temperatures are going to make a run in the upper 80s to near 90 which is better than yesterday. before the storms hit yesterday, we got to 98 degrees on sunday afternoon. here's a look at our day planner for the rest of today. we're going to be partly sunny to mostly cloudy with more clouds south, more sun north. temperatures making a run to the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. winds sort of variable, southerly 5, 10 miles an hour. and it will also be an isolated shower or even a thunderstorm not out of the question. 84 by 7:00. going out this evening, still 81 at 9:00. humidity levels just unfortunately don't look like they're going to be dropping off all that much. look at this. we've got the satellite and

radar combined. you can see up north how we've got some brakes here. a lot more brakes in the sunshine, especially north of the mason-dixon line. then the brighter white clouds, emily south of d.c. where we have -- especially south of d.c. where we have a few lingering showers. heavier stuff toward roanoke. a thin line of showers from la plata east going toward benedict. looks like it's out toward hughesville as well. this will go into calvert county and back west of stafford, the showers that occasionally have been moderate, that's it really. the thin line of showers is going to pass south of goldvain moving off -- goldvein moving toward the east. you know it didn't get below 80 at the naval academy with some lower 70s in northern virginia and western maryland. now, though, with the cloud cover, it's only 78 in la plata. 82 at andrews. where we're seeing more sunshine, temperatures are warmer like d.c. and frederick and martinsburg. we're in the mid-80s. baltimore, bwi up to 898 degrees -- up to 88 degrees for

our warm spot. dy not load the camera. we've got mostly cloudy skies on our michael & son camera. shame on me. feels like 90 with the humidity so way up there at 63%. let me widen out the picture a little bit here. big storms south of new england. off shore, atlantic city had a lot of storms overnight. you see this is sort of that frontal boundary i was talking about coming through us. it's across us just south of us and extending back into tennessee with the scattered showers and thunderstorms. the air is a little drier in pennsylvania so it feefls better there -- it feels better there. but for us it's still sticky. with the humidity around, we're likely to pop a couple of showers here and there. maybe a thunderstorm although you've got to go far south, i think interstate 64 where you see more showers and storms. 6:00 p.m. notice the isolated shower here, but heavier stuff south of richmond. tonight we go partly cloudy. maybe even mainly clear north of town as we dip into the 60s in a lot of areas north and west. tomorrow a mix of clouds and

son south and west. better chance we're going to see an afternoon shower or storm. notice the lower eastern shore into the mountains as well. by 5:00 tuesday. then by wednesday, well, we're still looking at the threat of a couple of showers and storms popping in the afternoon. nothing terribly heavy here. our next chance i think of severe weather might not happen till we get to friday. let's talk the tropics. ernesto is becoming a problem, a big problem. florence dissipating, not a concern. here's ernesto now getting in toward the western caribbean sea. that's going to be churning off toward the west, the west, northwest. winds 65 miles per hour gusting to 75. look at this track, though. it's going to take it real close to the northern part of belize, maybe the southern part of the juke package, the mexican -- part of the yucatan, the mexican part of the juke tan. this could -- juke tan. this could be -- yucatan. this could be a 90 mile an hour hurricane. we've got to watch ernesto for

the juke tan. could be -- yucatan. could be some big problems there. our forecast for this afternoon, upper 80s, near 90. yellow alert for a couple of showers or storms that might impact a few folks there. tonight 74 in town with 60s north and west but we're dry. tomorrow stray thunderstorm south, 90. a green day. yellow alert wednesday again for the scattered thunderstorms with highs around 90. thursday could have an afternoon storm, high around 90. friday we're looking at a better chance of maybe a few strong storms, upper 80s before cooler for the weekend. stick around. we're going to the kitchen when 9news now at noon returns. wñ

today i'm one on one with francis gomez. then he brought his father-in- law the chef jacob. he's preparing a fish dish. we have prince. prince we just brought because prince is good looking. he's the helper. i've never had bangladesh food. what's your specialty? >> we have plenty of fish and we eat fish and rice. that's our popular menu item every day. so we cook fish. we cook chicken curry and everything else but it has a

different flavor compared to india and us, we're similar but the cooking recipe is a little bit different. it's flavorful. a little bit better but it's not hot. not spicy hot. >> what is the chef preparing? >> this is fish curry. it's a big fish with a lot of bone. it is imported fish all the way from bangladesh. >> what is he putting on that? >> putting some cumin seed powder. >> what other spices? >> he use a lot of onions, ginger, tumeric. >> it smells good. the fish is actually flown in from bangladesh? >> bangladesh. every week it comes and we get fresh ones and serve to our guests. >> you brought some other guests. >> we have here fresh bread,

appetizers, chicken. we have kabobs, chicken curry. it's also served with the rice that goes nicely with the kabobs. >> you have chicken rice. then you have the vegetable rice. >> exactly. it's very favorful. -- flavorful. this is how it's going to go. >> the finished product? >> yes, that's the finished product right there. bring it over. there you go. >> i'll move that for you. oh, wow. i like that. that's tomato. >> very flavorful. fresh tomatoes. fresh onions, garlic, ginger. everything. >> everything is fresh. >> you gave me the recipe. >> yes. >> the recipe is on jchayward.com. again, i want to let everybody know that you can get great indian and bangladesh food on norbek road in olney, maryland. wow, that looks delicious.

>> you can also visit our website. >>it's on jchayward.com. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. thank you. thank you. come back and visit us at 5:00. over the next four months, you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last

is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message.